What is your opinion on removing URLs with the google/bing webmaster tools?

Is it really better to remove them if, as google states, it doens't affect your ranking and you have them already redirecting to your site/correct page? The links are already in google/bing after all, if the users click them, they will never know they are being redirected...

Of course, if it is 1 or 2 links no probs, you can just remove them...but if we are talking about 200 links, wouldn't the redirect keep everybody happy?

jonasmarsh621
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2012-11-28T00:59:26Z —
#2

I'm not too keen on 200 redirect links. Users will probably cancel it or something while still in the middle of loading the page.

NorLine
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2012-11-28T10:59:55Z —
#3

jonasmarsh621 said:

I'm not too keen on 200 redirect links. Users will probably cancel it or something while still in the middle of loading the page.

I know what you mean, but the redirect is set to 0 seconds, so you basically don't even know you are getting redirected.

system
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2012-11-29T03:03:47Z —
#4

I wouldn't want too many redirects in the long run. Much better to remove them if this will be permanent.

system
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2012-11-30T10:45:49Z —
#5

You can remove through Google Webmaster tools .... See if that page is redirecting to the 404 error then better to remove the link

ServerStorm
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2012-11-30T22:58:59Z —
#6

If you are hosting on an Apache Server you can use a rewrite map for this. Look into the hosting forums here and ask about it. A rewrite map is used specifically for the kind of redirection you want.